Booz Allen Hamilton will help improve enterprise system support processes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a three-year, $43 million task order announced Thursday. As a single vendor, CDC awarded Booz Allen the CIMS vehicle’s information systems lot. Booz Allen Senior Vice President Susan Penfield told ExecutiveBiz the company will support CDC’s full [...]
Alan B. Weakley is the recently appointed president of CSC’s North American public sector defense group. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the group’s worldwide growth. Weakley recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the excitement surrounding both his recent appointment and the growing industry he’s a part of. ExecutiveBiz: You were recently promoted [...]
Executive Mosaic, publisher of ExecutiveBiz and a group of other online and print media properties, has named Gerry A. Simone editor-in-chief of the company. “Gerry is an accomplished and trusted adviser in online and print media,” said Executive Mosaic CEO and Publisher Jim Garrettson. “We are delighted to have Gerry on board to take Executive [...]
The newly created State Fiscal Stabilization Fund is shifting a total of $48.3 billion from the Federal budget to the states in an unprecedented opportunity to realize the stimulus effect envisioned by the current administration. The question of how the states will be able to absorb and spend these dollars, along with the billions of federal [...]
Defense Secretary Gates spoke today on the future direction of the Pentagon’s weapons programs and specifically how this change of direction will impact military personnel, existing weapons programs and long term planning. He touched on a large number of specific programs such as the Joint Strike Fighter. Large government contracting firms Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), SAIC [...]
Monday February 23, 2009. On Capitol Hill: The Honorable David Walker, President & CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and the former Comptroller General of the United States, had the opportunity to raise questions and voice his concerns over the fiscal state of the union directly to President Obama. Walker joined a select group of [...]
Local CEO Identified as Possible New CIA Director The Washington Post and other sources have identified John Brennan as a possible replacement for current CIA Director Michael Hayden. Mr. Brennan is currently CEO of The Analysis Corporation (TAC). TAC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Strategies Group (North America) Inc, run by Dr. John Hillen. [...]
